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• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  twice (once to a law school, whose offer I declined, and once to CMS/W at MIT, whose offer I accepted), and denied seven times. In fact, two of ... It's Pi Day. I woke up at 5:38AM (a nod to Nate Silver) and walked to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  Olympics). We entered every event offered. We won most of them, but I think ... years ago). John Everett, MIT class of 1976 — who learned to row at MIT in ... opportunities to experience life fully, they look at them as a test of their self

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  :15 AM -- One of the girls I met at the UCLA weekend works at a ... somewhere in the neighborhood of $30, and I had already spent $30 at LAX last ... 't eat enough, they get frustrated and depressed, but at the end of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  of really interesting classes that were being offered. I finally chose ... wanted to take at least one history class every semester for the rest of my ... . For one thing, some of the closest bonds I have been able to make at MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  . At least a few hours. Try to visit most of the dorms! Even if there ... of the river. Call your parents at some point over the weekend ... students are a better indication of what it’ll be like at MIT, so get to know

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  .  Look at the boots! And here is a picture of my roommate Maggie making ... spread additional awareness of what MIT offers to help people on this day ... to any of my fellow MIT students.  My first week at MIT, my grandfather

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  , really. But at the same time, it goes straight to the heart of what it ... I grew up in a house composed almost entirely of girls. Genetic odds to the contrary, I'm the only guy out of four children. That's right: I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  this meager offering. I'd like to write a happy post. Some light fare ... adventures along the river or at dances— they're real. I could write that post ... dances. Recently, I've had dearth of dances: This semester's place permits

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  Science - neither of which are accepted for credit at MIT. And I'm fairly ... don't have AP classes or exams offered at your schools, but have taken ... [Editor's note in 2017: The Office of Undergraduate Advising and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  oatmeal ever at Small World Coffee, a sweet independent cafe that offers a ... my friend, Maria '08, to visit one of my best friends from high school ... of numbers, I found that they are very, very different. We arrived on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  degrees, in every career field, with the obvious exception of the five or ... During a pset party last night, one of my hallmates called her own ... forward a little bit at a time in one tiny, specific system. But she loves

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  pierced, what types of piercings I wanted, and how much it would cost. At ... is a sort of rite of passage in Boston to get a piercing messed up at ... Lucky's twice last August, once to look at their selection of jewelry and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  just a few of the press articles at http://news.google.com ... the future of coal research at MIT, because Professor McRae is kind of a ... DID YOU KNOW? The city of Portland, Oregon was named for Portland

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  of The Oatmeal).  I got an awesome time at that one, around 1 hour 50 ... . December 31st of 2015 was my last day of work at Triad Speakers in Portland ... yelling at us to "Toughen up, soldier! Run up that hill! Quit walking and

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  1 reply date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... for a class of about 1,130 students this year. Based on our estimates of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a walk down memory lane in the form of albums

  

  bluntness of the music. It didn't feel underproduced or lacking at all; it ... . The guy I was dating at this time listened to a lot of Soundcloud ... Recently, I've stopped listening to new music releases in favor of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  meant downing gallons of coffee, but that math- or science-related major might just be worth it -- in terms of job outlook and high starting pay, that is." "According to NACE's Job Outlook 2005 survey, eight of the top

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  Thursday night at 7:30 pm. Stu Schmill, Dean of Admissions, Chancellor Eric ... the programs he's been a part of while at MIT. Insight for Parents by Parents is Saturday morning at 9:00 am. A panel of current MIT parents will

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  diverge at 30 degree angles) and we're working our way to sketching more ... of machine and computer tool use so all the Mechanical Engineering students will be equipped to handle upper level classes. But instead of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  degrees clockwise to face the Harvard bridge, before Kate’s lack of three ... degrees counterclockwise to face Boston. And repeat. After a while of this ... on a tangent about my sailing PE class at some point. (If you were

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010